Posts tagged va

• Pelvic Mesh Implant Lawsuits Move Forward in Courts

  Joe Saunders | February 08, 2012 9:28 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Products liability lawsuits against three different manufacturers of transvaginal surgical mesh devices were assigned to a single federal judge in a multidistrict litigation proceeding this...

• Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits Move Forward

  Joe Saunders | January 29, 2012 10:55 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Thousands of women who have had surgical mesh implanted to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence are suffering from serious complications that are very difficult or...

• Thousands of Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits Expected

  Joe Saunders | January 29, 2012 10:04 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In anticipation of a wave of lawsuits, the federal courts have issued an order coordinating the Actos bladder cancer lawsuits before one judge in the United States District Court for the...

• Costa Concordia Disaster Highlights Concerns over Evacuation on Large Cruise Ships

  Brett Rivkind | January 18, 2012 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The cruise ship safety procedures regarding evacuation of the Costa Concordia have come into question following reports that evacuation was delayed, and that the crew appeared ill prepared for...

• Actos Users at Risk for Bladder Cancer

  Joe Saunders | December 18, 2011 9:07 PM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The diabetes drug Actos has been associated with bladder cancer and the FDA has now required the manufacturer to provide warnings of this risk. Prior to 2011 Actos manufacturer Takeda...

• Tort Reformers in Favor of Political Convenience

  John Hopkins | November 29, 2011 9:23 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Tort reform supporters seem to be aggressively in favor of tort reform only when it does not affect them or their need to get re-elected. A comment on those graced with tragedy-free lives and...

• GlaxoSmithKline $3 Billion Legal Settlement

  Joe Saunders | November 06, 2011 12:00 PM | 2 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Pharmaceutical drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline will pay $3 Billion to settle for civil and criminal illegal marketing schemes that were the subject of a U.S. Government investigation. The...

• $5.4 BILLION -- Just the cost of doing business?

  John Hopkins | November 04, 2011 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Is it even remotely reasonable to suppose that a corporation would pay $1 million it does not owe? Well, ok, maybe. How about $5 million it does not owe? Possibly you say? How about $3 BILLION...

• One for the Good Guys -- Bausch v Stryker

  Cal Warriner | November 01, 2011 11:35 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  For consumers of medical devices, yesterday’s United States Supreme Court decision not to hear a discretionary appeal from the Seventh Circuit is a big win. What ordinary consumers of drugs...

• "Do As I Say, Not As I Sue" Reveals Corporate Hypocrisy

  John Hopkins | October 28, 2011 2:06 PM | 4 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Hypocrisy thy name is the Chamber of Commerce and its minion, The Institute for Legal Reform. The Institute for Legal Reform is the organization the Chamber uses to propagate its lies about the...